User Preferences

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The User Preferences define some basic behaviours of XanaNews. In contrast to the Program Settings, they can be overridden at Account level, and again at Newsgroup level to give you complete control.

'Get Messages' Action

The 'Get Messages' action controls what happens when you select 'Quick Get Messages' from the Newsgroup menu, and th default settings in the 'Get Messages' form. You can configure XanaNews to get headers only, full messages etc. See the Downloading Messages section for more information.

Perform Action when Selecting Group

Controls whether XanaNews automatically performs the 'Get Messages' action for a group when you select it. You can set this to:

Never      XanaNews does not download messages when you select a group.

Once per Session   Downloads messages the first time you select a group each time you run XanaNews.

Always      Download new messages whenever you select a group.

Purge to Folder

You can configure XanaNews to automatically save messages in an Archived Message folder when you delete them.

Default Character Set for Message Display

Select a character set to use for displaying messages when the message itself does not specify one.

This should usually be set to 'Western European' in English Speaking newsgroups. If it is left at US ASCII some characters, like the British pound sign (£), the European currency symbol (€), and the ` in Don`t will not be displayed correctly.

Truncate Signatures when a Line Starts with

Some servers automatically add an irritating message to the end of each message. You can use this option to truncate these.

Play Sound when a New Message Arrives

XanaNews can play a sound when its in the System Tray (see the basic Program Settings)

The default 'You've got New Messages' sound that comes with XanaNews was recorded by my daughter Bethany when she was eleven!